Dallas City Council
It seemed the Texas Legislature was close to agreeing on a plan for property tax relief, but almost a month into a special session, that hasn’t happened. The House and the Senate are standing firm in their proposals. Gov. Greg Abbott has said he remains committed to lowering property taxes and he’s open to a…
It wasn’t long after the vote was taken to ban short-term rentals in Dallas’ single-family neighborhoods that STR operators took to social media to throw down the gauntlet. “Let the lawsuits begin,” one Airbnb host wrote. A chief argument from District 1 Councilman Chad West, who proposed an alternative to the“Keep It Simple Solution,” was…
Four years of spirited debate came down to one vote just before midnight Wednesday, as the Dallas City Council banned short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods. The measure, proposed by District 14 Councilman Paul Ridley and known as the “Keep It Simple Solution,” was recommended last summer by the council-appointed City Plan Commission. The new zoning…
It’s official: An affordable housing project is coming to North Central Expressway in District 10. The project took on a life of its own as developers with Sycamore Strategies fought through prohibitive deed restrictions, one of the most contentious town hall meetings in recent memory, a failed attempt to use Public Facility Corporation financing, and…
As a three-hour briefing on short-term rentals concluded last week, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax promised that staff would issue a professional recommendation — a measure several council members said wasn’t necessary ahead of a June 14 vote. We’ve got the memo, published below in its entirety. But first, here’s what could go down at…
